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Poster Art From art.comThe Blues Brothers   1980     3 stars    R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Musical
Director: John Landis  
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steven Spielberg, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Frank Oz, Kathleen Freeman, Charles Napier, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy

  Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi play Elwood and Jake Blues (of "Saturday Night Live" fame) who are reunited after Jake gets out of jail. They discover that the Catholic children's home where they grew up is in financial trouble and decide to get their band back together and put on a concert to raise money. In the process, they turn Chicago upside down.



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John Belushi "Joliet" Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd Elwood Blues
John Candy Burton Mercer
Carrie Fisher Mystery Woman
Steven Spielberg Assessor's Clerk
James Brown Reverend Cleophus James
Henry Gibson Head Nazi
Frank Oz Corrections Officer
Kathleen Freeman Sister Mary Stigmata
Charles Napier Tucker McElroy
Cab Calloway Curtis
Ray Charles Ray
Aretha Franklin Mrs. Murphy
Steve Lawrence Maury Sline
Twiggy Chic Lady

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Blue's Big Musical Movie   2000     3 stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Paul Zehrer  
Cast: Steven Burns, Ray Charles, Traci Paige Johnson, Nick Balaban, Jenna Marie Castle, Kelly Nigh, Cody Ross Pitts, Seth O'Hickory, Olivia Zaro, Cameron Bowen

  This is a cute little musical based on the "Blue's Clue's" TV show and will entertain those up to eight or nine years old.


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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones   1990     2 and a half stars    PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ellen Weissbrod  
Cast: Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Herbie Hancock

  This documentary includes great footage of Jones on stage as well as interviews with Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jesse Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, and Oprah Winfrey.

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That Was Rock   1984     3 and a half stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Steve Binder, Larry Peerce  
Cast: The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Miracles, James Brown, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles

  Taken from two previous films, "The T.A.M.I. Show" and "The Big T.N.T. Show," with added inserts and reworked sound tracks, this is a must for rock 'n roll fans.

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Movie Quick Pick
1. The Blues Brothers (1980)
2. Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)
3. Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
4. That Was Rock (1984)


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